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FORCED TO UPGRADE PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE
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Having recently buying my first full frame DSLR camera I have now discovered I have to put my hand in my pocket once again and update my photo editing software too. I am currently running Photoshop Elements 9, and I know it is a few years old now however it does everything I want it to do and I have learned how the program works, what its limitations are and how to get the most out of it.
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I do get a ribbing from my photographer mates about “being behind the times” with my photo editing software, and whilst I have toyed with the idea of getting the current version of Photoshop Elements I would be upgrading for upgrading’s sake and not because I wanted or needed too. Well, it now seems as though I may need to upgrade.

My version of Photoshop Elements will not edit the RAW file created by my Canon 6D, which is not good. I can open a jpeg file taken with the Canon 6D but since I like to shoot in RAW and edit RAW files this is not much good to me.

I did get some Canon DPP software with the Canon 6D, which has an up to date RAW editor that will work however I am not a fan. I have had a look at the DPP software and I didn’t like the interface, I didn’t find it intuitive and I thought it was a bit clunky. Yep, I have to say that I don’t like DPP software at all and I have no interest or intention on learning how to use it.

I don’t want to upgrade to the latest version of Photoshop Elements however I am being forced in to it, which I don’t like one bit. I appreciate that technology moves on, however you shouldn’t be forced in to updating software if you don’t want to. I have already shelled out over a grand for the Canon 6D and I now have to shell out even more cash.

In the big scheme of things the latest version of Photoshop Elements isn’t a lot of money, but it is money I really don’t want to spend at the moment especially since I want a new L grade lens.

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